Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Ex-Nazi guard asks for forgiveness at trial

A former guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp, asked for forgiveness at the opening of his trial in Germany. 

At 93 years old, Oskar Groening [GROONING] may be one of the last suspected Nazis to face punishment for war crimes.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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Prince Williams starts leave ahead of royal baby number 2

Prince William has finished his first phrase of training as an air ambulance helicopter pilot in time for the birth of his second child...

His wife Kate is expected to give birth any day now - with preparations being made at the central London hospital for the inevitable media attention from around the world.

Our UK correspondent Dan Whitehead reports...

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MORSI SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS

An Egyptian court has sentenced former President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison.

The former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was convicted over the killing of protesters while he was in power in 2012.

Morsi faces several other upcoming trials.

He was ousted by the army in 2013 and authorities have since banned the Muslim Brotherhood.

Journalist Bel Trew in Cairo says the other cases against him could well see further years added to his time in prison - or worse.

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Trial of Nazi Guard Begins in Germany

A former guard at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp is on trial in Germany as an accessory to over 300,000 counts of murder. 

At 93 years old, Oskar Groening [GROONING] may be one of the last Nazis to face punishment for war crimes.

Ira Spitzer reports from Berlin.

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Italy charges alleged migrant ship captain with multiple homicide

Italian authorities have charged a Tunisian man - believed to be the captain of a capsized migrant ship - with multiple homicide.

Around seven hundred migrants died when an illegal migrant vessel overturned in the Mediterranean sea over the weekend.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports. 

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AC/DC drummer Rudd pleads guilty to threat to kill charge

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd will seek a discharge without conviction from a New Zealand court for threatening to kill an employee after becoming angry over an album launch.
Arthur Stevens has more

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IRAQ INQUIRY 'DELAYED FURTHER' IN UK

Britain's official inquiry into the 2003 Iraq War is unlikely to publish its report this year, according to reports.

The Chilcot Report is due to outline the background to UK involvement in the invasion and subsequent war.

The inquiry began in 2009.

From London, Simon Conway reports.

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Australia and UK working together against IS recruiting - Abbott

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Australian and British authorities are working closely to stop people being seduced by Islamic State.
Arthur Stevens reports from Melbourne.

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JOHN MAJOR: LABOUR + SNP DEAL WOULD LEAD TO 'MAYHEM'

Former British Prime Minister John Major is entering the UK election race with a warning of 'mayhem' if the Labour Party forms a government supported by Scottish nationalists.

The SNP are set to win a raft of Westminster seats in Scotland and the Labour Party may need their votes to form a functional government.

Britain votes on May 7th and polls suggest the two largest parties the Conservatives and Labour will struggle to win a parliamentary majority.

And political reporter Theo Usherwood says former Conservative leader John Major's intervention is significant but potentially divisive.

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Three dead in worst floods in five years for Australia's New South Wales

Three people have died as the Hunter Valley region in Australia's east suffered the worst of cyclonic conditions battering New South Wales on Tuesday.
Arthur Stevens reports.

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ITALY DETAINS TWO OVER PEOPLE TRAFFICKING

Italy has charged the captain of a boat that sank off Libya on Sunday killing hundreds of migrants with reckless multiple homicide.

The Tunisian captain and another crew member have also been charged with aiding illegal immigration.
 
This after European Union ministers agreed a ten-point plan to tackle the migrants crisis in the Mediterranean.

EU leaders will discuss the issue further at an emergency summit on Thursday.

Around 1600 migrants are thought to have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe from Libya this year.

Journalist Rosemary Dawkins is in Malta where many of the refugees are arriving and where there is scepticism about EU proposals.

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Leading Islamist reportedly killed in Russia

Russia's anti-terrorist committee says its forces have killed a leading Islamist militant in the country's restive region of Dagestan.


Aliaskhab Kebekov reportedly died in a gun battle with security forces who had surrounded the house where he was staying.


Tom Barton reports.


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Monday, April 20, 2015

Baltimore police officers involved in arrest of man who died in custody are suspended

The police officers involved in the arrest of a man who died in their custody in Baltimore have been suspended.
Baltimore's deputy police commissioner said an autopsy confirmed that Freddie Gray died due to spinal cord injury.
At the same press conference the city's mayor told reporters she was angry and frustrated.
Kate Fisher reports.

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US aircraft carrier heading to Arabian Sea

A US aircraft carrier is being moved into the waters of the Arabian Sea as a result of the deteriorating security situation in Yemen.


But it's not clear whether the USS Theodore Roosevelet will try to intercept Iranian vessels that are heading to Yemen to re-supply Houthi rebels.


From Washington, Simon Marks reports.


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US troops start training Ukrainian counterparts to Moscow's chagrin

US troops have started training their Ukrainian counterparts against attacks from Russian backed militants in the east of the country.


The training comes after criticism from Moscow that the training will undermine a shaky ceasefire.


Tom Barton reports.


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Washington Post: Iran Charging Jailed Reporter With Espionage (WRAP)

The Washington Post newspaper says its bureau chief in Tehran Jason Rezaian, who's been imprisoned in Iran for nine months, has been charged with four serious crimes including espionage.

According to his Iranian lawyer, one of the counts accuses him of having broken the law by writing a letter to President Obama.

As Lorna Shaddick reports from Washington, the White House has described the charges as 'absurd'.

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FBI Admits Widespread Forensic Errors

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations has formally admitted providing flawed forensic evidence in hundreds of criminal cases.

The FBI has so far disclosed that forensic match analysis of human hair was faulty in 32 instances in which defendants were sentenced to death.

14 of those cases led to the defendant being executed or dying in prison.

The cases occured for at least two decades leading up to the year 2000.

The issues was first raised internally by former FBI scientist Dr. Fred Whitehurst in the 1980s, concerns he then made public in the 1990s.

Since then he's been fighting for hundreds of cases to be re-examined...

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FBI Admits Decades of Mistakes on Forensic Analysis

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations has formally admitted that it's forensic unit was responsible for providing flawed evidence in hundreds of criminal cases.

The cases were based around faulty evidence of matching hair analysis.

Of the case reviewed so far, the FBI has admitting mistakes in 32 cases in which defendants were sentenced to death.

14 of those cases led to the defendant being executed or having died in prison.

Rosalie Bolin who's husband Oscar Ray Bolin is on death row says she is hoping the case will now be revisited.

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Rosalie Bolan who's husband Oscar Ray Bolin is on death row says execution must now be suspended in all such cases.

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EU foreign and interior ministers vow deeper cooperation over migrant crisis

Foreign and interior ministers from the European Union meeting in Luxembourg have vowed to cooperate more to deal with the migrant crisis developing in the Mediterranean.

At least 700 people drowned in a single incident over the weekend prompting widespread criticism from humanitarian groups of the lack of a unified, European search and rescue mission.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.  

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UN chief condemns UN workers' deaths in Somalia

The United Nations Secretary-General has condemned the attack on a UN vehicle in Somalia that killed seven people, including four UNICEF staff. 

Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing. 

Ban Ki-moon called the staff "brave and dedicated" and said their work should be an inspiration to people everywhere. 

He commented on the attack while speaking at the UN headquarters in New York.

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